Changes in the expression of genes involved in protein synthesis during drosophil aging

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-136

  Shikama, Noriko ^a   Brack, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophilaaging; EF 1 ; mRNA; Protein synthesis components; rRNA; tRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0029986175     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213783     Document Type: Article

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